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Evaluating Economy-Wide Benefit Cost Analyses

Smith, V. Kerry - 2016

This paper examines a new strategy for evaluating whether the size of a new environmental regulation requires that benefit cost analyses consider general equilibrium effects. Size in the context refers to both the magnitude and distribution of cost increases across sectors and the benefits...

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Air Pollution and Infant Health : What Can We Learn From California's Recent Experience

Currie, Janet - 2004

We examine the impact of air pollution on infant death in California over the 1990s. Our work offers several innovations: First, many previous studies examine populations subject to far greater levels of pollution. In contrast, the experience of California in the 1990s is clearly relevant to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468442

Air Quality, Infant Mortality, and the Clean Air Act of 1970

Chay, Kenneth Y. - 2003

We examine the effects of total suspended particulates (TSPs) air pollution on infant health using the air quality …

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Every Breath You Take - Every Dollar You'll Make : The Long-Term Consequences of the Clean Air Act of 1970

Isen, Adam - 2014

This paper examines the long-term impacts of early childhood exposure to air pollution on adult outcomes using U.S. administrative data. We exploit changes in air pollution driven by the 1970 Clean Air Act to analyze the difference in outcomes between cohorts born in counties before and after...

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The Developmental Approach to Child and Adult Health

Conti, Gabriella - 2012

an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions … over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child health which are currently outside the boundaries of conventional …

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Analyzing the Effects of Insuring Health Risks : On the Trade-off between Short Run Insurance Benefits vs. Long Run Incentive Costs

Cole, Harold L. - 2012

This paper constructs a dynamic model of health insurance to evaluate the short- and long run effects of policies that … prevent firms from conditioning wages on health conditions of their workers, and that prevent health insurance companies from … charging individuals with adverse health conditions higher insurance premia. Our study is motivated by recent US legislation …

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Estimating the General Equilibrium Benefits of Large Policy Changes : The Clean Air Act Revisited

Sieg, Holger - 2000

This paper reports the first comprehensive approach for measuring the general equilibrium willingness to pay for large changes in air quality. It is based on a well defined locational equilibrium model. The approach allows estimation of households' indirect utility function and the underlying...

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Neutralizing the Adverse Industry Impacts of CO2 Abatement Policies : What Does it Cost?

Bovenberg, A. Lans - 2000

The most cost-effective policies for achieving CO2 abatement (e.g., carbon taxes) fail to get off the ground politically because of unacceptable distributional consequences. This paper explores CO2 abatement policies designed to address distributional concerns. Using an intertemporal numerical...

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Costs of Air Quality Regulation

Becker, Randy A. - 1999

This paper explores some costs associated with environmental regulation. We focus on regulation pertaining to ground-level ozone (O3) and its effects on two manufacturing industries -- industrial organic chemicals (SIC 2865-9) and miscellaneous plastic products (SIC 308). Both are major emitters...

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Determinants of Smoking Cessation : An Analysis of Young Adult Men and Women

Tauras, John A. - 1999

Substantial econometric efforts have been devoted to examining the impacts prices and tobacco control policies have on smoking propensity and intensity. However, little is known about the effects prices, smoking restrictions, and other influences have on smoking cessation. This paper uses...

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